Combination jack and post puller



May 26, 1931 ACHENBACH 1,807,142

couarmnon JACK AND POST FULLER Filed May 31, 1928 Patented May 26, 1931 UNITED STATES CHARLES ACHENBAGH; OF MANITOWOC, WISCONSIN COMBINATION JACK AND POST FULLER Application filed May 31, 1928. Serial No. 281,793.

This invention relates to a combined jack and post puller.

Objects of this invention are to provide a novel form of implement consisting of a combined jack and post puller which is constructed in a very simple and substantial manner, which is cheap to manufacture, which is highly eifective in operation, and which is adapted for adjustment to receive anyone of a plurality of difierent sized posts.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section showing the device as it appears when used as a post puller and showing in dotted lines the locking bar in looking position;

Figure 2 is a plan view partly in section of the structure shown in Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the jack comprises a pair of upright members 1 which are preferably formed of channel iron and are provided with a plurality of spaced apertures 2 arranged in alignment for the opposed uprights. The bottom of the uprights are carried by a transverse channel iron foot or base member 3 and the tops of the uprights are joined by the transverse upper portion 4.

Between the uprights, a channel-shaped lever 5 is pivotally mounted by means of a removable relatively heavy pin 6 which is preferably headed and which is passed through aligning apertures 2 and through the apertures in the flanges of the lever 5. The lever is extended in one direction so as to provide a handle portion 5' and in the other direction it is relatively short and provided with a lifting head 7.

Further, it is to be noted that a locking bar 8 is pivotally mounted between the flanges of the lever 5 and carried by a pin 9. The outer or free end of the bar 8 is provided with a hook portion 10 adapted to engage in any of the apertures 2 to lock the lever in position when the short end is supporting a load. It

will be noted that when the bar 8 is not in use as shown in Figure 1, it is retained Within the channel. lever 5 by positioning the same above the pin 6, but the bar can be readily removed by withdrawing the pin 6 through one side of the lever 5 to allow the bar 8 to drop downwardly so that the hook 10 may be engaged with any one of the apertures 2.

It is to be noted also that a pair of U- shaped strap members 11 and 12 of diflerent sizes have their ends pivotally carried by the lever 5 beneath the head 7 so that they hang down below the head and do not interfere with the free operation of the head 7. Further, each of the members 11 and 12 is provided with apertures 13 through which bolts 14 may pass. These bolts are adjusted to different sized posts, as indicated in dotted lines by the reference character 15, and when the lever is rocked by suitable pressure ap-' plied at the handle end, the links or post enclosing members 11 and 12 tilt and bite into or grip the post, as shown in Figure 1, and thus the post is easily pulled.

It is to be noted particularly that the post pulling members 11 and 12 do not interfere in any manner with the head 7 and consequently either device can be used without any trouble whatsoever from the presence of the other device.

Although the invention has been described in considerable detail, such description is intended as illustrative rather than limiting as the invention may be variously embodied and as the scope of such invention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim:

A device of the class described including spaced upright channel irons having their intermediate portions arranged in opposed relation and provided with a plurality of aligned apertures, a channelled lever arranged between the spaced uprights, having aligned apertures in the side portions thereof, a pivot pin adapted to be passed through the apertures in the lever and spaced apertures in the uprights, a bracing horizontal member pivotally connected at one end Within the channelled lever, and having a hook 5 at its other end adapted to engage in any one of the apertures in the uprights, said locking bar in its inoperative position being housed Within the channel and supported by the removable pivot pin for the lever. In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Manitowoc, in the county of ManitoWoc and State of Wisconsin.

CHARLES ACHENBACH. 

